Written by Drake Doremus and Ben York Jones
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Anna (Felicity Jones) and Jacob (Anton Yelchin) fall in love at a university in California. They stay together after college, but when Anna returns home for a brief trip in London, she finds out she cannot return to the US because she violated her student visa. Now they have to struggle with a long distance relationship filled with ups and downs.
I suppose I might be a sucker for romance movies at time, which is funny because my wife rarely wants to watch them with me. So I’m stuck watching a movie “Like Crazy” by myself in the afternoon on a Thursday.
I enjoyed “Like Crazy.” The performances are strong, and the camera work and editing was impressive. There’s a really cool time-lapse/montage technique they use several times during the movie that I particularly enjoyed. This is romantic drama, not a romantic comedy. There is not a laugh in the movie, except from the characters onscreen.
Jennifer Lawrence has a very minor part, but she is probably the best part of the movie. She’s great. Still, a fine film that I enjoyed more than I expected.
7/10
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